HUMAN ORGAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCES
These are Human Organ Trafficking Resources.
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ARTICLES/INFORMATION/RESEARCH
(click here for Organizations/Agencies)
Six Tanzanian children killed 'for body parts'
"Six children in south-western Tanzania have been killed and had their ears and teeth removed, the authorities say.
Some of the bodies of the children, aged between two and nine years old, were also missing limbs.
"This is all about superstitious beliefs and many believe they will get help from witchcraft," Njombe District Commissioner Ruth Msafiri said.
Police have detained one suspect, a close relative of three of the children who were from the same family.
Ten children in all have gone missing in Njombe since the beginning of December and four have been found alive.
Correspondents say that some witchdoctors in the region tell people that human body parts have special properties that can bring them wealth and luck. "
BBC, January 28, 2019
Police nab cartel member in organ trafficking case
"Police in Mexico's western state of Michoacan detained an alleged member of the Knights Templar cartel who is suspected of kidnapping children to harvest their organs, an official said Monday."
www.usatoday.com, March 17, 2014.
Niger Detains 17 in Suspected 'Baby Factory' Ring
"Human trafficking and the sale of children is a long–standing issue across West Africa. Last year, Nigerian police raided several "baby factories", freeing dozens of pregnant girls who were being forced to bear children for sale.
A judge has indicted and detained over a dozen people on charges of lying about giving birth, forgery and use of false documents," a court official said, requesting anonymity."
Reuters Press, June 27, 2014.
Police nab cartel member in organ harvesting case
"Ring would kidnap children, take them to homes to have organs removed, official said."
USA Today, March 17, 2014.
Girl Smuggled Into Britain to have her organs harvested
"The first case of a child being trafficked to Britain in order to have their organs harvested has been uncovered."
The Telegraph, October 18, 2013.
Exploring the Gray Area in Organ Trafficking
A new documentary, "Tales from the Organ Trade," delves into questions about kidney trafficking.
US News, November 11, 2013.
Iranian Organ Donation: Kidneys on Demand
"The reason so many strangers in Iran are giving up a kidney is money. Whether or not Iran is the first country to eliminate its waiting list, it is certainly the first government to pay donors. It pays living unrelated donors the equivalent of about €900 (£600; $1200), and in most cases, donors legally receive additional compensation from the kidney recipient."
Originally published in the British Medical Journal, March 10, 2007.
World Health Organization Statement on Human Organ and Tissue Transplantation
World Health Organization, 2004.
Poor Sell Organs to Trans-Atlantic Trafficking Ring
Inter Press Service, February 23, 2004
Italy Rushes in Law to Ban 'Spare Part' Baby Sales
The Telegraph, May 18, 2003
Black Market In Transplant Organs
New York Daily News, August 25, 2002.
Adoption Body Suspects Organ Sale Racket in Andhra Pradesh
India Abroad News Service, May 1, 2001
China's Execution, Inc.
Village Voice, May 2001
Despite Ban, Organs Still Sold in India
Reuters Health, March 9, 2001
Dozens Killed For Body Parts
The Sunday Times, July 29, 2001
Family To Sue Court For Selling Kidneys
South China Morning Post, June 30, 2001
- Rare Chinese Newspaper Exposé Details Prisoner Organ Harvests
The Washington Post, July 31, 2001 - China Paper Sacks Organ Trade Reporter
Reuters, August 2, 2001
For–Profit Tissue Banks Outside Government Control
Reuters Health, May 25, 2001
ISO Healthy Kidney; Top Dollar Paid
CNN, May 29, 2001
'I Was Forced to Kill my Baby'
BBC News, April 2, 2002
Med Examiner's Office Has Secret Body–Parts Deal
Boston Herald, May 20, 2002
National Organ Transplant Act
Summary of Public Law 98-507, governing transplantation, transportation and banning sale of human organs in the U.S.
Prisoners' Organs Sold In China
United Press International, June 27, 2001
China Sells Organs of Slain Convicts
The Observer, December 10, 2000
ORGANIZATIONS/AGENCIES
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Amnesty International
5 Penn Plaza, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 807 8400
www.amnestyusa.org/
Declaration of Istanbul
On Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism
E-mail: DICG@tts.org
Declaration of Istanbul
A group of countries dedicated to abiding by the WHO's rules on ethical organ transplantation.
Human Rights Watch
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor
New York, NY 10118-3299
Phone: (212) 290-4700
Email: hrwnyc@hrw.org
www.hrw.org/
Organs Watch Berkeley
Department of Anthropology
University of California, Berkeley
232 Kroeber Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720
Organs Watch Berkeley
"Investigates and documents sale and trafficking of human organs, violations of international laws and human rights. Research and publications, rumors, documented cases, laws by country pertaining to organ harvesting and transplantation."
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20201
E–mail: donation@hrsa.gov
www.organdonor.gov/legislation/index.html
U.S. Government information about legal organ and tissue donation and transplantation.
World Health Organization
Human Organ Donation and Transplantation
Department of Essential Health Technologies
(HSS/EHT/CPR)
20 Avenue Appia
1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 791 3681
E-mail: transplantation@who.int
www.who.int/transplantation/organ/en/
Information and assistance for live donors, info on transplantation, consensus statement on international ethics and legality of both cadaver and live–donor transplantation.
